Volume 4 Chapter 31: I Used a Headbutt Attack on a Mosquito

【Mirror Image Exchange: Price – 5000 popularity points.】

【Effect: To use this item, you must bind it to a person. For three hours after binding, whenever the user looks at their own reflection, they will see the bound person’s appearance instead. Likewise, when looking at the bound person’s reflection, they will see their own appearance.】

This long explanation made Lin Lin feel dizzy. So… what exactly does this thing mean?

Whatever. It sounds kind of useful, right?

Lin Lin quickly exchanged for it, and only then carefully read the instructions.

【Binding Method: After silently choosing to use the item, the user must kiss the other person’s forehead to complete the binding.】

Huh?

Lin Lin’s face instantly turned red. This… this binding method is so strange.

She turned her head and looked at Gao Liang, who was still asleep.

Luckily, the dance practice room was a private room with the door tightly closed. No one could see this scene.

But…

That also meant that, besides Gao Liang, she had no one else she could bind to right now.

Gulp.

Lin Lin stared nervously at her rival. For some reason, she felt short of breath.

He’s still asleep. I’m sitting right next to him. If I do it now, quietly, without anyone noticing, and just lightly finish the binding… then I can use the item, right?

Hmm…

It wasn’t that Lin Lin wanted to have close contact with her rival. She just had no choice.

It wasn’t that she couldn’t remember the dance moves. In fact, with the system’s help, her memory was very good. Normally, she might forget things if she didn’t focus. But if she truly concentrated, she could remember things perfectly after seeing them once.

Of course, she couldn’t stay fully focused all the time. But right now, if she focused on watching the video and memorizing each move one by one, without procrastinating, it was actually easy.

The problem was after memorizing them. Since it was her first time dancing, standing in front of a mirror, and feeling like she was showing herself off, she kept giving herself negative thoughts. That made her movements stiff and awkward. In the end, she couldn’t connect the moves smoothly.

That was why she kept making mistakes.

If… if she could solve this problem, then her practice would go very smoothly.

And based on the description of this item… once she bound it to her rival, when she looked in the mirror, she would see his appearance instead of her own.

For Lin Lin, who felt shy looking at herself in the mirror, this was definitely a great thing!

Thinking this, she looked at her rival again.

Besides… ahem… it’s just a kiss on the forehead. That’s normal, right? Like a father kissing his son… um… yes, she totally felt that kind of “fatherly love” toward her rival.

I-It’s fine.

Anyway, he’s sleeping like a pig. And no one else is here to see. It’s fine. It’s fi—

The girl took a deep breath, held it in, and carefully leaned closer to her rival’s forehead, trying not to make any sound.

After mentally preparing herself for a long time, she finally slowly lowered her lips…

“Chu…”

Half asleep, Gao Liang suddenly had a dream.

He opened his eyes and saw a fair, smooth neck. The gentle curve carried a faint, sweet scent that made him feel dazed. His eyes slowly moved upward. Following the beautiful line of the neck, he gradually saw that cute face clearly.

“Lin Lin…?”

Gao Liang was stunned. Th-this must be a dream, right?

How could Lin Lin be so close to him, and even…

“Lin… Lin Lin…”

Still half asleep, Gao Liang softly called the girl’s name from his dream.

It would have been fine if he hadn’t spoken. But the moment he did, Lin Lin, whose lips were touching his forehead, was so shocked she almost bit him.

“Eh—?!”

Lin Lin quickly stepped back several steps after being caught. She waved her hands in panic. Her sudden shout fully woke Gao Liang up. His eyes slowly became clear, and he looked at her in confusion.

“Y-you’re awake?”

Only then did Lin Lin realize that he hadn’t been fully awake just now. Even so, she felt guilty and started trembling.

Gao Liang scratched his head and looked around the room in confusion.

“Did I… fall asleep just now?”

“Of course you fell asleep!”

Lin Lin felt speechless. And he even called her name in his sleep… Um, that made things even more awkward.

Her face turned slightly red, and there was a bit of embarrassment and anger in her eyes. This guy… was he having some kind of sweet dream?

“Oh, I see.” Gao Liang took a deep breath and shook his head, slowly clearing his mind. But he still seemed to remember something. He muttered in confusion,

“Just now… I feel like I saw you, Lin Lin… very close to me.”

“No, no, no! That was just your dream!” Lin Lin quickly waved her hands and firmly denied it. “Hmph! I really didn’t expect this from you, you… idiot! Even in your sleep, you’re thinking about getting close to me. Tell me honestly, how many bad things were you dreaming about?!”

“I wasn’t,” Gao Liang said, turning his head aside. Then he touched his forehead with a puzzled look. “Huh? Why does it feel a little wet here?”

“You better not— Oh, your forehead? Uh…”

“Lin Lin, could it be that you…”

“No, no, no! It’s not like that!” Lin Lin hurriedly explained. “It’s because I saw a mosquito flying near your head just now. Haha! To protect you, I decided to use a headbutt attack on it. That’s probably mosquito blood on your forehead. Hahaha!”

“Huh?”

Gao Liang looked at her with disbelief while touching his head. Th-this explanation sounds way too strange.

A headbutt attack? If that really happened, he would have woken up immediately, right? He didn’t think he was sleeping that deeply. And how much did she hate that mosquito to use a headbutt on it? Or was this some new skill she wanted to test?

In the end…

“So, Lin Lin, are you admitting that you were close to my face just now?”

Gao Liang smiled mischievously and tilted his head.

Lin Lin froze.

She… she walked right into that trap.

Ahh—

………………

Feeling defeated, the girl chose to shut down and avoid eye contact. She sighed, turned around, and prepared to continue practicing her dance.

But when Lin Lin looked down at her body, there was no change at all.

She glanced at Gao Liang, he was still sitting there normally, no change either.

So this item… wasn’t it supposed to bind already? Did it fail?

No way—